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Carl Pelleck, Inner Circle president in 1992, died Nov. 9 after a brief illness. He was 84 years old. For many years, Carl, and his ever-present cigar, was a fixture of the IC. He became a member from the New York Post in 1977. Pelleck was a top crime reporter more…

For your viewing pleasure, here are the videos of Acts 1 and 2 of our 2016 show, “Shamilton,” along with two versions of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s rebuttal. One version contains the controversial “C-P-T” skit with Hillary Clinton and Leslie Odom Jr. that sparked national headlines in the middle more…

John Mulligan was once described as a human search engine because of his encyclopedic knowledge of everything about New York City news stories, the FDNY, burlesque one-liners, and above all else, the Inner Circle he loved so much. But John was much more than a data base; his vast recall was complemented more…

For questions or RSVP information, please contact Melanie McEvoy at 212-228-7446 ext. 12 or email melanie@mcevoyandassociates.com Start spreading the news, tickets for the 2015 Inner Circle Show are on sale. Show night is Saturday, March 28 at – where else? – the New York Hilton. It will be the IC’s more…

Mayor Bill de Blasio relied on celebrity friends to help poke fun at himself and his new administration in a shorter, understated rebuttal at the Inner Circle Show, March 22, 2014. Mayor Bill made jokes about his tardiness, his progressive ideology, his ups and downs after three months in office, more…

The New Yorker magazine highlighted The Inner Circle writing committee in its “Around City Hall” column of March 17, 2014. The piece caught the wit, sarcasm and creativity of the group as they toiled away each Saturday morning to write the script for the 2014 show, “Stuck With de Bill.” more…

Ed Koch lived on stage. And one of his favorites was the stage he dominated in his many song-and-dance rebuttals to the Inner Circle over a tenure of three terms as mayor. The former mayor died Feb 1, 2013 after a lengthy illness. He was 88. The Inner Circle membership more…